Super Mega Staraptor Raid Guide

Mega Staraptor

Mega Staraptor is a Fighting and Flying type Super Mega Raid boss. Best Mega Staraptor raid counters include powerful Electric, Fairy, Flying, Ice, and Psychic types, with a mixed range of different counters available to help you defeat it.

The Mega Raid Boss is always catchable in its base form, so the CP ranges are for a regular Staraptor. Staraptor can be caught with the following CP values:

• From 1538 CP to 1614 CP, with no weather boost
• From 1922 CP to 2018 CP with Partly Cloudy and Windy weather boost

Super Mega Staraptor Raids require a minimum of 7 Trainers to defeat them, and each Trainer will need to have a Mega Pokémon in their team. This guide will tell you how to beat this long-legged Mega, as well as its optimal stats, moves, and CP range.

Mega Staraptor Counters Guide

Mega Staraptor is a Fighting and Flying type, which makes it weak to many popular Ice, Electric, Fairy, Flying and [gpsychic] Pokémon, which dominate the counters table.

For Mega Pokémon, we recommend the strongest one you have, but any Mega will suffice to break a Shield. Mega Mewtwo Y is great, as well as Mega Rayquaza.

Recommended Megas

Recommended Counters

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike	38.02	13	252s
2.	Therian Shadow Thundurus	Volt Switch	Wildbolt Storm	34.31	15	279s
3.	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	32.90	12	287s
4.	White Kyurem	Ice Fang	Ice Burn	33.04	14	287s
5.	Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike	31.81	13	298s
6.	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Fly	32.08	15	296s
7.	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Fly	30.85	16	307s
8.	Regieleki	Lock-On	Thunder Cage	31.34	19	308s
9.	Zeraora	Volt Switch	Plasma Fists	29.75	13	318s
10.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	30.23	15	313s
11.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	29.64	15	320s
12.	Incarnate Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	30.08	16	316s
13.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock	Drill Peck	29.17	14	324s
14.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	29.71	17	322s
15.	Therian Thundurus	Volt Switch	Wildbolt Storm	29.10	15	326s
16.	Black Kyurem	Dragon Tail	Freeze Shock	29.41	15	321s
17.	Unbound Hoopa	Confusion	Psychic	29.85	19	323s
18.	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	28.80	15	330s
19.	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt	27.62	11	338s
20.	Crowned Sword Zacian	Air Slash	Play Rough	27.76	12	339s
21.	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	29.41	20	328s
22.	Galarian Articuno	Confusion	Fly	27.88	13	338s
23.	Shadow Regigigas	Zen Headbutt	Crush Grip	28.73	18	330s
24.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Psycho Cut	Moongeist Beam	27.25	10	341s
25.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Psycho Cut	Sunsteel Strike	27.21	13	345s

Mega Staraptor Stats and Moves

Max CP	4498
ATK	278
DEF	207
HP	198
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Wing Attack Sand Attack Gust* Quick Attack
Charge moves	Close Combat Heat Wave Brave Bird Fly Brave Bird+**

*Denotes Legacy Move only obtainable via Elite TM.

*Only usable when Mega Evolved at Super Max Level.

Shiny Mega Staraptor

Like all Mega Raid Bosses, you can catch the shiny version of Staraptor from a Raid. The odds to get a shiny Staraptor are 1 in 10 Raids. Here are the sprites for normal Staraptor and Mega Staraptor. 

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Staraptor	Staraptor
Mega Staraptor	Mega Staraptor

About Super Mega Raids

During Super Mega Raids the Mega Pokémon can become enraged, and even use shields that dramatically reduce the amount of damage they take. You’ll have to work together to take down these shields, but each Trainer can only take down one shield.

• Once the Mega Pokémon boss activates a shield, a Mega Pokémon from your Raid team will be automatically sent into the battle.
• Your next attack by your Mega Pokémon will be significantly more powerful than usual, allowing you to break down the boss’s shield!

Once you and your fellow Trainers have broken enough shields, the Raid Boss will return to its normal state, and you will be able to do normal damage again.

All the best, Trainers!